nauseating
So horrible that it makes you feel sick.
nauseating in a sentence
- The nauseating smell of rotten eggs made everyone hold their noses and rush out of the kitchen.
- The spinning teacup ride was nauseating, and Ben's face slowly turned green.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to nauseating?
- Alovely
- Bpleasant
- Ctasty
- Dsickening
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D: sickening. The other three mean the opposite of nauseating.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to nauseating?
- Afoul
- Bpleasant
- Cdisgusting
- Dsickening
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B: pleasant. The other three mean nearly the same as nauseating.
Words that mean something similar
sickening, disgusting, foul
Words that mean the opposite
pleasant, lovely, tasty
More words about emotions & feelings
- nauseous: Feeling sick, as if you might vomit.
- nostalgic: Feeling happy and a little sad when you remember good times from the past.
- optimistic: Believing that good things will happen.
- outburst: A sudden explosion of strong feeling, like anger or laughter.
- outrage: A feeling of great anger and shock at something unfair.
- overwhelm: To affect someone so strongly that they can hardly cope.
- pacify: To make someone calm when they are angry or upset.
- pessimistic: Expecting the worst to happen.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test